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10 Notable Musical Productions
Legend: (b) = book (m) = music (l) = lyrics (1,234) = number of Broadway performances (original production only)
(Hit songs and/or noteworthy trivia appear in parentheses)
- After the Ball (based on Lady Windermere's Fan), 1954, bml Noel Coward (188)
- Allegro, 1947, m Richard Rodgers, bl Oscar Hammerstein II (315)
- Annie Get Your Gun, 1946, m Irving Berlin, b Herbert and Dorothy Fields (1,147) ("There's No Business Like Show Business")
- Anyone Can Whistle, 1965, ml Stephen Sondheim, b Arthur Laurents (9)
- Anything Goes, 1934, ml Cole Porter, b Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay, Russell Crouse (420)
- Applause (based on All About Eve), 1970, m Charles Strouse, l Lee Adams, b Betty Comden and Adolph Green (896) (Lauren Bacall's musical debut)
- As Thousands Cheer, 1933, ml Irving Berlin, b Moss Hart (400)
- Babes in Arms, 1937, mb Richard Rodgers, lb Lorenz Hart (289)
- Bells Are Ringing, 1956, m Jule Styne, lb Betty Comden and Adolph Green (924) ("Just in Time," "The Party's Over")
- The Boy Friend, 1954, mlb Sandy Wilson (2,078) (Julie Andrews' American debut)
- Brigadoon, 1947, m Frederick Loewe, lb Alan Jay Lerner (581)
- Bye, Bye, Birdie, 1960, m Charles Strouse, l Lee Adams, b Michael Stewart (607)
- Cabaret (based on I Am a Camera), 1966, m John Kander l Fred Ebb, b Joe Masteroff (1,166)
- Camelot (based on The Once and Future King), 1960, m Frederick Loewe, lb Alan Jay Lerner (873)
- Can Can, 1953, ml Cole Porter, b Abe Burrows (892)
- Carmen Jones (based on the opera Carmen), 1943, m Georges Bizet, lb Oscar Hammerstein II (502)
- Carnival! (based on the film Lili), 1961, ml Bob Merrill b Michael Stewart (719)
- Carousel (based on the play Liliom), 1945, m Richard Rodgers, b Oscar Hammerstein II (899) ("If I Loved You")
- Celebration, 1969, m Harvey Schmidt, lb Tom Jones (109)
- Company, 1970, ml Stephen Sondheim, b George Furth (705) ("The Ladies Who Lunch")
- Damn Yankees (based on the book The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant), 1955, m Richard Adler, l Jerry Ross, b George Abbott, Douglas Wallop (1,019) ("Whatever Lola Wants")
- Fiddler on the Roof, 1964, m Jerry Bock, l Sheldon Harnick, b Joseph Stein (3,242) ("If I Were a Rich Man")
- Finian's Rainbow, 1947, m Burton Lane, lb E.Y. Harburg, b Fred Saidy (725) ("Look to the Rainbow," "Old Devil Moon, " "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?")
- Fiorello!, 1959, m Jerry Bock, l Sheldon Harnick, b George Abbott, Jerome Weidman (796)
- Flower Drum Song, 1958, m Richard Rodgers, lb Oscar Hammerstein II (601)
- Follies, 1971, ml Stephen Sondheim, b James Goldman (521) ("I'm Still Here")
- Funny Girl, 1964, m Jule Styne, l Bob Merrill, b Isobel Lennart (1,348) ("People")
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the forum, 1962, ml Stephen Sondheim, b Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart (964)
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1949, m Jule Styne, l Leo Robin, b Joseph Fields, Anita Loos (740)
- Guys and Dolls, 1950, ml Frank Loesser, b Jo Scoerling, Abe Burrows (1,200)
- Gypsy, 1959, m Jule Styne, l Stephen Sondheim, b Arthur Laurents (702)
- Hair, 1968, m Galt MacDermot, lb James Rado, Jerome Ragni (1,705) ("Let the Sunshine In," "Aquarius")
- Hello, Dolly!, 1964, ml Jerry Herman, b Michael Stewart (2,844)
- Here's Love" (based on the film Miracle on 34th Street), 1963, mlb Meredith Willson (334)
- House of Flowers, 1954, m Harold Arlen, lb Truman Capote (165)
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, 1961, ml Frank Loesser, b Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, Willie Gilbert (1,417) ("I Believe in You")
- I Can Get It for You Wholesale, 1962, ml Harold Rowe, b Jerome Weidman (301) (Barbra Streisand's Broadway debut)
- I Do, I Do (based on the play The Fourposter), 1966, m Harvey Schmidt, lb Tom Jones (560) ("My Cup Runneth Over")
- Jesus Christ Superstar, 1971, m Andrew Lloyd Webber, lb Tim Rice (720)
- The King and I (based on the book Anna and the King of Siam), 1951, m Richard Rodgers, lb Oscar Hammerstein II (1,246) ("Getting to Know You")
- Kiss Me Kate (based on The Taming of the Shrew), 1948, ml Cole Porter, b Sam and Bella Spewack (1,077) ("Too Darn Hot")
- Lady in the Dark, 1941, m Kurt Weill, l Ira Gershwin, b Moss Hart (388)
- Little Me, 1962, m Cy Coleman, l Carolyn Leigh, b Neil Simon (257)
- A Little Night Music (based on the film Smiles of a Summer Night), 1973, ml Stephen Sondheim, b Hugh Wheeler (600) ("Send in the Clowns")
- Lost in the Stars (based on Cry the Beloved Country), 1949, m Kurt Weill, lb Maxwell Anderson (273)
- Maggie May, 1964, mlb Lionel Bart (499)
- Mame, 1966, ml Jerry Herman, b Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee (1,508) ("If He Walked into My Life")
- Man of La Mancha, 1965, m Mitch Leigh, l Joe Darion, b Dale Wasserman (2,330) ("The Impossible Dream")
- Me and My Girl, 1937, m Noel Gray, lb Douglas Furber b Arthur Rose (1,046)
- Mexican Hayride, 1941, ml Cole Porter, b Herbert and Dorothy Fields (481)
- Milk and Honey, 1961, ml Jerry Herman, b Don Appell (543)
- The Most Happy Fella, 1956, mlb Frank Loesser (676)
- Music Man, 1957, mlb Meredith Willson (1,375) ("Seventy-six Trombones," "Til There Was You")
- My Fair Lady (based on G.B. Shaw's Pygmalion), 1956, m Frederick Loewe, lb Alan Jay Lerner (2,717) ("I Could Have Danced All Night," "On the Street Where You Live")
- New Girl in Town (based on Anna Christie), 1957, ml Bob Merrill, b George Abbott (431)
- No, No Nanette, 1925, m Vincent Youmans, l Irving Caesar, lb Otto Harbach, b Frank Mandel (321) ("Tea for Two," "I Want to Be Happy")
- No Strings, 1962, ml Richard Rodgers, b Samuel Taylor (580)
- Oklahoma! (based on Green Grow the Lilacs), 1943, m Richard Rodgers, lb Oscar Hammerstein (2,212)
- Oliver! (based on Oliver Twist), 1960, mlb Lionel Bart (774) ("Where is Love?")
- On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, 1965, m Burton Lane, lb Alan Jay Lerner (280)
- 110 in the Shade (based on The Rainmaker), 1963, m Harvey Schmidt, l Tom Hones, b Richard Nash (331)
- On the Town, 1944, m Leonard Bernstein, lb Betty Comden and Adolph Green (463) ("New York, New York")
- On Your Toes, 1936, mb Richard Rodgers, lb Lorenz Hart,b George Abbott (315) ("Slaughter on Tenth Avenue")
- Pajama Game, 1954, m Richard Adler, l Jerry Ross, b George Abbott, Richard Bissell (1,063)
- Pal Joey, 1940, m Richard Rodgers, l Lorenz Hart, b John O'Hara (374)
- 1776, 1969, ml Sherman Edwards, b Peter Stone (1,217)
- She Loves Me (based on the film The Shop Around the Corner), 1963, m Jerry Bock, l Sheldon Harnick, b Joe Masteroff (301)
- Silk Stockings (based on the film Ninotchka), 1955, ml Cole Porter, b George S. Kaufman, Abe Burrows, Leueen McGrath (477)
- The Sound of Music, 1959, m Richard Rodgers, l Oscar Hammerstein II, b Howard Lindsay, Russell Crouse (1,442) ("My Favorite Things," "Climb Every Mountain"
- South Pacific, 1949, m Richard Rodgers, lb Oscar Hammerstein II, b Joshua Logan (1,925) ("Some Enchanted Evening")
- Stop the World, I Want to Get Off, 1961, mb Leslie Bricusse, lb Anthony Newley (555) ("What Kind of Fool Am I?")
- Sugar" (based on the film Some Like It Hot), 1972), m Jule Styne, l Bob Merrill, b Peter Stone (505)
- Sweet Charity (based on the film Nights of Cabiria), 1966, m Cy Coleman, l Dorothy Fields, b Neil Simon (608) ("Big Spender," "If They Could See Me Now)
- The Threepenny Opera (based on The Beggar's Opera), 1954, m Kurt Weill lb Marc Blitzstein (from the German of Bertolt Brecht) (2,707) ("Mack the Knife")
- Unsinkable Molly Brown, 1960, ml Meredith Willson, b Richard Morris (532)
- West Side Story (based on Romeo and Juliet), 1957, m Leonard Bernstein, l Stephen Sondheim, b Arthur Laurents (732) ("Tonight," "Maria," "America")
- Where's Charley? (based on Charley's Aunt), 1948, ml Frank Loesser, b George Abbott (792) ("Once in Love with Amy")
- Wildcat, 1960, m Cy Coleman, l Carolyn Leigh, b N. Richard Nash (171) (Lucille Ball's Broadway debut; "Hey Look Me Over")
- Wonderful Town (based on the play My Sister Eileen), 1953, m Leonard Bernstein, l Betty Comdon and Adolph Green, b Joseph Fields, Jerome Chodorov (559) ("Ohio")
- You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" (based on Charles M. Schultz's Peanuts), 1967, ml Clark Gesner, b John Gordon (1,597)
- Your Own Thing (based on Twelfth Night), 1968, ml Hal Hester, Danny Apolinar, b Donald Driver (933)
- Zorba (based on the film Zorba the Greek), 1968, m John Kander, l Fred Ebb, b Joseph Stein (305)
